- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28778 by Shona Robison on 23 November 2009, whether it considers self-assessment by NHS boards to be appropriate in considering whether they are meeting national guidance on IVF treatment.
Answer
All NHS boards in Scotland recently completed a detailed questionnaire on the provision of infertility services in their area. Infertility Network Scotland is following up responses to the questionnaire. Whilst Infertility Network Scotland will concentrate their efforts initially on NHS boards who indicated in the questionnaire that they were not meeting the national guidance, the charity do plan to meet with all NHS boards in Scotland.
A summary of responses from NHS boards will, when finalised, be placed in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre (Bib. number 49114).
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28892 by Shona Robison on 25 November 2009, how the £19 million to NHS boards has been allocated for (a) improving nutrition of pregnant woman, (b) increasing breast feeding rates and (c) training for health professionals.
Answer
Funding over the three year period is being allocated in an annual lump sum to NHS health boards. It is for them to determine how best to use that funding to meet local needs, within the broad criteria set out in CEL 36.
Details of the allocation were outlined in CEL 36(2008) Nutrition of women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children under five in disadvantaged areas, which can be found at:
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2008_36.pdf.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the role is of a dementia specialist nurse.
Answer
In Scotland the precise term dementia specialist nurse is not recognised as such; rather there are clinical nurse specialist and nurse consultants as registered nursing professionals who have also acquired additional knowledge, skills and experience, together with a professionally and/or academically accredited post-registration qualification in a clinical specialty.
They practice at an advanced level and may have sole responsibility for care episode or defined client/group such as those with dementia. NHS boards'' nurses specialising in dementia have a range of roles including: playing a key role in the delivery of an individually-focused service to people with dementia; providing expert advice to other nurses, carers and agencies; leading and disseminating research; educating and supporting staff in care homes, as well as informing national policy development.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the value of having dementia specialist nurses in the NHS to improve the experience of patients with dementia accessing acute health care.
Answer
In Scotland the precise term dementia specialist nurse is not recognised as such; rather there are clinical nurse specialist and nurse consultants as registered nursing professionals who have also acquired additional knowledge, skills and experience, together with a professionally and/or academically accredited post-registration qualification in a clinical specialty.
They practice at an advanced level and may have sole responsibility for care episode or defined client/group such as those with dementia. NHS boards'' nurses specialising in dementia have a range of roles which will include helping to improve the experience of those with dementia in accessing acute health services.
Nationally, there are three posts funded by Alzheimer Scotland for specialist nurses to work in accident and emergency and acute care, to lead the development and delivery of an individually focused service to people with dementia in those settings. Other approaches to provision in acute care include the Dementia Champions being set up in several NHS boards in Scotland, and The University West of Scotland is piloting a programme wherein general nurses from acute care undertake training in dementia and lead change in their area.
We will set out future plans for dementia service development and improvement in the National Dementia Strategy which will be published in April.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28892 by Shona Robison on 25 November 2009, whether all pregnant woman qualify for vouchers under the healthy start scheme.
Answer
No. Healthy start is open to pregnant women and families with children under the age of four who are on income support, income-based jobseekers'' allowance or child tax credit (but not working tax credit unless their family is receiving working tax credit run-only) with an income of £16,040 a year or less.
All pregnant women under the age of 18 also qualify for the scheme, whether or not they are on benefits.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28892 by Shona Robison on 25 November 2009, how many pregnant women have benefited from the healthy start scheme.
Answer
There are currently 37,957 healthy start beneficiaries in Scotland, of which approximately 3,000 are pregnant women.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28778 by Shona Robison on 23 November 2009, in what respects NHS (a) Fife, (b) Forth Valley, (c) Greater Glasgow and Clyde, (d) Lothian and (e) Tayside do not fully comply with national guidance on IVF treatment.
Answer
NHS (e) Tayside has implemented some of the updated criteria but patients are returned to the waiting list after each unsuccessful cycle of infertility treatment. NHS (c) Greater Glasgow and Clyde offers two cycles of treatment, instead of the recommended three. However, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde include suitable frozen embryos within a cycle of treatment, whilst many other NHS boards do not.
NHS (a) Fife, (b) Forth Valley and (d) Lothian have still to implement the updated criteria from the 2007 Review of Infertility Services.
Infertility Network Scotland is working directly with NHS boards to ensure that the voices of patients are heard at a local level in the planning of infertility services in Scotland. The charity will concentrate their initial work on NHS boards not compliant with national guidance.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that there are dementia specialist nurses in either every (a) NHS board area or (b) hospital.
Answer
It is the responsibility of individual health boards to ensure they have the right staff and services in place to meet the clinical needs of the population within their board area, including the needs of those with dementia.
In Scotland the precise term dementia specialist nurse is not recognised as such; rather there are clinical nurse specialist and nurse consultants as registered nursing professionals who have also acquired additional knowledge, skills and experience, together with a professionally and/or academically accredited post-registration qualification in a clinical specialty. They practice at an advanced level and may have sole responsibility for care episode or defined client/group such as those with dementia.
We will set out future plans for dementia service development and improvement in the National Dementia Strategy which will be published in April.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28899 by Shona Robison on 19 November 2009, whether all local authorities have confirmed that their local arrangements for access to social care services and timescales for access to personal and nursing care services are compatible with the national definitions and standards set out in the guidance, National Standard Eligibility Criteria and Waiting Times for the Personal and Nursing Care of Older People.
Answer
Yes. All 32 local authorities have confirmed that their local arrangements for access to social care services and timescales for access to personal and nursing care services are consistent with the guidance.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on employing bank nurses in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 and will be spent in 2009-10, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The cost of employing NHS Scotland bank nurses by NHS board in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 can be found on the ISD website
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/5685.html. Information on NHS Scotland Bank nurse spend in 2009-10; broken down by NHS board will be published in June 2010.
